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By da Loa, I don't believe it...

[There's the loud screech of a raptor and Kevas chuckles happily.]

I be happy to see joo too girl! Let's getchu outta dere befuh joo end up killin' everyt'ing in here.

[Another screech and Kevas laughs.]

Hey now quit joor fussin'!

[There's some silence before Kevas finally speaks again.]

Anymon be knowin' if dere be some sepuhrate stables round here?

[In the background the raptor screeches again.]

Oi! Don'tchu go runnin' off now!

[Anyone near the stables or in the Green will find Kevas walking beside a unique looking raptor. It's significantly larger than the other raptors in the stables but Kevas can be seen gently petting its snout or playing with it like it's a loving family pet.]

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[Green-wide eyes look back up at Kevas. She was shaken.]

I-i am, s-sir. You were ex-ceptionally fleetfooted. With my deepes-st regard-s, thank you.

[And she's no doubt that he just saved her skin. The ~~chicken~~ half-angelic starts to sit up. That was closer to the business end of a predator than she ever wanted to be. She didn't faint, but she doesn't think she can stand quite yet and remains for the moment on the ground sitting.]

Is-s it normally so...friendly?

[He did not just say she looked like food, did he?]

[Kevas merely shrugs.]

Joo gotta be fast on joor feet where I be from. Just glad I got dere in time.

[For more than one reason. He offers her a hand to help her back to her feet.]

Nuhmally she be a real pussycat, but she ain't seen notin' like joo befuh. Closest she seen probably be plainstriders, and dey be prey.

[Kevas turns to give Shaka a look. She takes another step back and sags her head pathetically.]

[She listens, and actually does take his hand to help her rise. ]

Thank you.

[ There's a half a beat where she does not parse what a plainstrider is but realizes that what would make her seem like prey would be- ]

-Feathers. Oh!

[With that realization a sense of calm overcomes. She offers both Kevas and the dragonic a sheepish smile.]

It is rather an understandable mistake. I would suspect I look like a very large pigeon to a hungry... dragon?

[Kevas politely tips his hat to her.]

Raptuh actually. If she was a dragon I wouldn't been able to stop her.

[And they would be having a lot more problems than her just being hungry.]

And wheddah she be hungry or not, she should know bettah to go chasin' aftah sometin' widout my say so. She be fuhgettin' her mannahs.

[Her lips quirk into a wry grin. If had tried to tell the dragon she knew what to do.... there would not even had been pieces left to pick up.]

I understand that sentiment, extremely well. The dragon I know would not have stopped either.

[She looks to Kevas and then back to the Rapter? Raptur? Raptuh?]

She understands quite a bit, can she also speak?

Joo know a dragon? Not sure if I should be impressed or pity jah.

[The troll smirks and reaches over to pat Shaka on the snout.]

Shaka be smart as a whip, but she ain't be dat smart. I might be in trouble if she was.

[Shaka chirps and nuzzles against his hand.]

[She has a very wry grin on her face and she laughs. ]

Do not be impressed. That meeting was a ironic, romantic, hazardous comedy that I would not wish to go through again. Nearly became a tragedy.

It will make a lovely ballad though.

[The smile softens a bit watching the two of them interact.]

Shanka is her name? Oh! And on the subject of names, I do not believe I have even introduced myself. I am Isabella, and it is a pleasure.

Can't wait to hear it den.

[Kevas continues to stroke the raptor gently keeping her placated.]

Shaka actually, and I be Kevas. I saw joo when I was helpin' Rapunzel. I apologize dat joor name slipped my mind until now.

[He tips his hat politely with his free hand.]

[ She shakes her head.]

No need for apology Kevas, sir. I'm afraid I got caught up in the excitement of the moment that evening and while I recognize faces, names escaped me too.

[She peers curiously at the tack on Shaka's back.]

Is Shaka a riding beast?

[That sure looks like a saddle, but how would one ride it?]

[He wouldn't necessarily call braiding hair exciting but alright.]

Joo ain't be havin' to call me sir. Dere really be no reason to be dat polite.

[Plus it makes him feel old, and he feels older than he really is already.]

Aye, she be da best dere be.

[People here, in this Keep were so ODD.]

I will do my best to remember that, sKevas.

[At least she is beginning to catch it quicker. She was starting to think that perhaps this was a fairyland of some kind, or even that she had accidently taken a hallucinogenic drug. ]

I do believe she is! I would gamble she would also make an excellent hunting partner and a deterrent? I could not imagine many things would wish to come near you or Shaka with that much speed and that many sharp objects at your disposal.

[She could imagine that the raptuh was better at turns with how the balance of the beast was placed. Truly a beauty! ]

[That must be one hell of a drug then.]

Huntin' partnah maybe. Deterrent, definitely not. Dere be many raptuhs back home like her. She just be da best of da lot.

[Shaka chirps in affirmation.]

[You have no idea. It rewrote the caste system for an entire planet apparently.]

If she is not a deterrent, what other kinds of creatures does your realm have? Dragons, I suspect for one?

[She looks to the two of you on confirmation for that one. Then blinks, her insatiable curiosity will get her in trouble one day.]

My apologies, I do not wish to keep you.

Dragons, devilsaurs, and giants just to name a very few.

[Kevas raises an eyebrow. Just what is she apologizing about?]

Keep me from what? It be lookin' like I be doin' anytin' important?

[The question throws her off. She was not expecting that response in the least. A little color rises to her cheeks with her embarrassment. How was she to explain this, when it was normal from where she had come from?]

But, s-Kevas until... you were... and ... um.

[She takes a breath.]

Until I had waved and likely made myself a target to Shaka, you had looked to be enjoying one another's company? I had thought I was keeping you from her.

[Yes, she just apologized for Shaka mistaking her for a giant chicken, AND for having to have Kevas come to aide her and answering all her curious little questions. ]

[Kevas blinks. Just how close does she think he is to Shaka?]

Keepin' me from her? She be right here. Trust me when she be wantin' attention she be makin' sure joo know it.

[Why else would he be petting her right now? If he doesn't she would either complain or go chasing after Isabella again. Neither of those things Kevas wants to deal with at the moment.]

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[commentlog] OMGOSH... D: I'm sorry so late!

[commentlog] it's fine don't worry